INFLUENCE OF POLITIC IN SPORTS

Influence of Politic in Sports at National and International Level

Influence of Politic in Sports at National and International Level

Introduction

It is necessary to make a distinction between politics answer aspects of Sport. What usually is done in sociologically oriented approaches and discussions is the analysis of the roles performed by Sport. There are, however, two aspects involved in the complex social, economic and interaction that exists between politics and Sport. The following analysis is conducted as if these components were isolated from one another; in reality, of course, this is not the case. As they are always connected, interrelated, interdependent and inter-supported, they tend to reinforce one another. There is a cycle in which the discourses of the interaction between politics and Sport and society tend to affirm and support the prevailing structural system.

Analysis

Drawing on the ideas mentioned above, the objective of this research paper is as to make clear the socio-connections and relations existent between politics and Sport and society, as well as to make evident the social consequences derived from this interaction. Thus, the discussion of apparently non-connected social problematic such as the disruption of nature or racial and gender prejudice can reflect values and patterns that are strongly present in school Sport environments. On the contrary, they are rarely discussed with significant emphasis regarding the fact that Sport and politics have a certain level of influence over them. From another perspective, Sport can be perceived as socially established components that are politically affirmed and developed to represent and diffuse "soft types" of ideology (Laurendeau, 2004).

The formation of politics and Sport is to be discussed within the framework of the term 'Sport as Society'. Politics and Sport are creations of the institutionalized social environment. They were created as means to express and contain people's social expression, leisure, movement and culture. Their course of development was and continues to be influenced by external social structures that conceive and orient politics and Sport as a tool or as a mechanism of influence. Their development and their maintenance are due to interests associated to politics and Sport's powerful capacity to diffuse ideological concepts (Kusz, 2001).

On the one hand, politics and Sport politically influence the establishment of social values and patterns and diffuse ideological concepts. On the other hand, the formation of politics and Sport is also influenced by politics, society and economics. In this give-and-take game of influences, politics and Sport get stuck in between the two poles. Since they are socially and politically controlled, they do not have conditions to innovate and affirm themselves (Kennedy, 2000).

A few facts to exemplify the formation of politics and Sport can be fruitful and give a proof of such arrangements. According to much research work regarding the history of politics and Sport, there are two main physical methods responsible for the establishment of present politics. First, gymnastics models were created in Europe to diffuse the theoretical thoughts and practical skills present at that time, which aimed ...